Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-03-09

Finally the resolution Of Mr.. Grnse was
defeated, ayes 9, nays %, the former being
Messrs. Cruise and Healy.
The ordinance was then read q third
time by its title and passed unanimously
STANDARD TIME.
When the report of the Committee on
Railroads, recommending the adoption Of
Eastern standard time ON April LIST, came
up, Mr.. Butts moved to lay it on the table.
The motion was lost, ayes 3, noes "a. The
former were MessIs. Butts, Healy and
Robertson.
A minority report, signed by Messrs.
Delbrugge and Terrell, was read. The re
port recommended that the majority re
port be rejected.
After some discussion, the majority re-
poTt was adopted, ayes, II noes, 8.
MESSAGE FRO THE MAYOR.
The first annual message from His Honor
Mayor Seabright was read and ordered
spread upon the record. 1t is printed II
full elsewhere.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
A communication from the Board Of
Public Works was read, recommending
the appointment of J. W. Warden for Sup
~eTintendent Of Streets, alta salary of 81, 2UO
Of J. A. Lancaster to be Clerk, at a salary
OF $500, and f. NJ. HOge to be Surveyor,
his compensation to be the fees fixed by
ordinance.
The first resolution submitted by the
Board asked that the appointment of Mr.
| Warden be confirmed. Mr.. Robertson
moved to cut down the salary from Sl,2Ot
to $1,000. Mr.. Caldwell thought MIR,
Warden had as much right to have $l,2Ot
as his predecessor. He took pleasure IL
voting 81, 200 to Mr.. Todd, and he would
take the same pleasure in voting the sam
salary to Mr.. Warden. Mr.. Harrel
thou Sht the higher the salary the deeper
the mud on the streets would be. Their
was the patrol wagon; that was another
lick at the city treasury. There was
hardly a month but what there was 6
proposition before Council to create a new
office, and put a man in it with a pen be
hind his ear. The gentleman made n red
hot onslaught on the officials who sat cross
legged behind desks, and said their sal
aries went OH rain or shine, while the poor
man who worked on the streets could only
work when the weather was good or when
there was money in the treasury. No one
ever heard of a proposition to increase the
per diem Of street labOrers.
Mr.. Garvin spoke in opposition to the
gentleman from the First ward, and the
two had a lively word tussle.
Mr.. Robertson said he desired to have
the whole matter 90 back to the Board,
and let that body decide where the reduc'
ton was to he made. If they wanted to
insist on the $500, then let the $1,000 be
cut down, so as to make the whole amount
the same as in former years. He desired
60 have it distinctly understood that, in
his opinion, the Superintendent of Streets
was not worth $1,000.
Finally the resolution, as it came from
the committee, was adopted.
The second resolution, appointing and
confirming Mr.. HOge, was adopted.
On the third resolution being read, the
debate was resumed. After half al
hour of discussion, the resolution was re-
iected, ayes 10, noes 16, the former being
Messrs. Allison, Bremen, Caldwell, Garvin,
Gundling, Jaeger, Jones, Marsh, Maxwell,
and Prayer.
Mr.. Steger then moved that the vote by
which Mr.. Warden was confirmed at 1
salary of 81, 200, be reconsidered. On this
Mr.. Caldwell took the floor. He pleasant
ly alluded to Mr.. Harrell as being thu
most eloquent man on behalfofthe laborer
when he could sell him groceries and get
vote out Of him, that he ever saw: but
always when the compensation of n Repub
lican was to be cut down. The gentleman
appealed to Democrats to let up on thu
| Republicans.
Mr.. Harrell alluded to Mr.. Caldwell a
a ''pettifogging lawyer" and thanked Coo
for several things in the course OF his re
marks.
o Mr.. Robertson alluded to n remark by
Mr.. Caldwell, that sometimes he had t.
grab a Republican by the cOat-tail and tel
him how to vote, and thanked God thai
the Democrats who had been elected t.
Council had sense enough to know how t.
vote without anyone grabbing at their coat
tails.
The motion to reconsider was carried
ayes 10, noes Z.
This opened the ball again, and Mr.
Caldwell reached for the coat-tails of Ger
tain Republicans who had voted
with the Democrats up to this time. He
ratified a number of dry bones over theil
heads, and cracked the party whip until
the lash was about worn out.
Mr.. Cruise moved that the matter be re
ferred back TO the Board, with the request
that the salaries be fixed at $1,000 ant
$500.
The resolution was adopted, ayes 1G
noes 10.